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Baron Corbin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Thomas Pestock, Happy Corbin, King Corbin, Bishop Dyer
American professional wrestler
Film & TV
Lenexa, Kansas, USA
Thomas Pestock is an American professional wrestler, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner, former professional football player and former amateur boxer. He is signed to WWE, where he performs under the ring name Baron Corbin and is the winner of the third annual André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, winning it at WrestleMania 32. He is also the 21st winner of the King of the Ring Tournament.…
Known for
- MLW Battle Riot VIII — Bishop Dyer2026
- Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Uprising 2026 — Bishop Dyer2026
- WWE SummerSlam 2026: Sunday — Baron Corbin2026
- WWE SummerSlam 2026 Sunday Post-Show — Baron Corbin2026
- WWE Sunday Night's Main Event — Baron Corbin2026
- Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Northern Rising — Bishop Dyer2025
- Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Sacred Ground — Bishop Dyer2025
- Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Mayhem Night 1 — Bishop Dyer2025
- Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Mayhem Night 2 — Bishop Dyer2025
- NXT Vengeance Day 2024 — Baron Corbin2024
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Pestock , ( 1984-09-13 ) September 13, 1984 (age 41) , Lenexa , Kansas , U.S.
- Spouse
- Rochelle Roman, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2017 )
- Ring name s
- Baron Corbin, Bishop Dyer , Happy Corbin, King Corbin, Tom Pestock
- Billed height
- 6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
- Billed weight
- 285 lb (129 kg)
- Billed from
- Kansas City
- Trained by
- Billy Gunn , Johnny Stamboli , Norman Smiley , WWE Performance Center
- Debut
- October 18, 2012
- Position
- Offensive guard
- Listed height
- 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Listed weight
- 317 lb (144 kg)
- College
- Northwest Missouri State
- Nfl draft
- 2009 : undrafted
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lenexa
- Employer
- WWE
- Sport
- American football
- Member of team
- Indianapolis Colts
- Position played
- guard
- Mass
- 129
- Image
- Baron Corbin as United States Champion.jpg
- Height
- 1.98
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- date of birth
- 1984-09-13
- head coach
- Bill DeMott
- Commons category
- Baron Corbin
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- social media followers
- 506295
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Pestock (born September 13, 1984) is an American professional wrestler, Brazilian jiu jitsu practitioner, former professional football player and former amateur boxer. He is now working for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he performs under the ring name Bishop Dyer and is one-half of the MLW World Tag Team Champions with Donovan Dijak in their first reign, while also making appearances on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2012 to 2024, where he performed under the ring name Baron Corbin.
Pestock was an offensive lineman for the Indianapolis Colts and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL, as well as a two-time Golden Gloves boxing regional champion. He signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to their developmental brand NXT under the ring name Baron Corbin, portraying a villainous character nicknamed the "Lone Wolf". He debuted on the main roster at WrestleMania 32, winning the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. In 2017, he won the Money in the Bank Briefcase and the WWE United States Championship In 2018, he became "Constable Corbin", an on-screen authority figure of Raw and started a feud with Kurt Angle which culminated at WrestleMania 35, with Corbin emerging victorious in Angle's retirement match. A few months later, he won the 2019 King of the Ring tournament, thus changing his name to King Corbin until 2021, when he lost his crown and adopted the character of a destitute man who had lost everything. Two months later, he adopted the name Happy Corbin and began portraying a cheerful character who had become extremely wealthy from gambling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baron Corbin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.